These awards are sponsored by the Air Force Historical Foundation, and are open to cadets in commissioning programs and to officers undergoing professional military education. Award winners are selected by a competitive process within each institution.
Two Air Forces Award (2018) — Wing Commander D. Smathers, RAF
“Air-Land Integration in the Western Desert 1940-42”
Selection by the Royal Air Force Historical Society
The Air War College Award (2019) — Colonel Gilbert Cardona, US Army
“Great Power Decline”
Air Command and Staff College Award (2019) — Dennis Clark
“History in the Battlespace: Towards a Theory of Applied Military History”
School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Award (2018) — Charles C. Stretch Jr, Major, USAF
” The Show Must Go On: Fighter Pilot Folksongs of the Vietnam War”
Air Force Academy Award (2019) — C3C Raymond Metzger
“The Decline of Rigid Airships”
General Bryce Poe II Award (AFIT) (2019) — First Lieutenant Jeremiah M, Webb, USAF
“Comprehensive Study of Optimal Synergetic Skip Entries with Dynamic Thrust Vectoring Control”
Air Force ROTC Award (2017) — Cadet James C. Cassell, USAF
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